Omicron
Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave
World
January 29, 2022
Omicron drives US deaths higher than in fall’s delta wave
Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during…
In Italy, COVID wards filled with unvaccinated elderly people as Omicron swept nation
World
January 28, 2022
In Italy, COVID wards filled with unvaccinated elderly people as Omicron swept nation
MILAN, Jan 28 (Reuters) – As the Omicron variant swept Italy late last year, it was unvaccinated elderly people and…
Egypt prepared for worst scenarios if coronavirus cases rise
Egypt
January 28, 2022
Egypt prepared for worst scenarios if coronavirus cases rise
The Egyptian government is prepared for the worst case scenarios in relation to the high number of infections with coronavirus,…
EXPLAINER: What’s known about ‘stealth’ version of omicron?
World
January 26, 2022
EXPLAINER: What’s known about ‘stealth’ version of omicron?
Scientists and health officials around the world are keeping their eyes on a descendant of the omicron variant that has…
Pfizer, Biontech announce clinical study to produce a vaccine for Omicron
Egypt
January 26, 2022
Pfizer, Biontech announce clinical study to produce a vaccine for Omicron
Pfizer, and Biontech companies announced the start of a clinical study to produce a vaccine against omicron variant in healthy…
Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match omicron
World
January 25, 2022
Pfizer opens study of COVID shots updated to match omicron
Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron…
Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
World
January 25, 2022
Hope seen once the omicron wave increases global immunity
World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more…
Water cannon, tear gas at COVID-19 protests in Brussels
World
January 24, 2022
Water cannon, tear gas at COVID-19 protests in Brussels
BRUSSELS (AP) — Police fired water cannons and thick clouds of tear gas Sunday in Brussels to disperse people protesting…
Fourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel
World
January 24, 2022
Fourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel
JERUSALEM, Jan 23 (Reuters) – A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given to people over 60 in Israel made them…
China lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an, tests 2M in Beijing
World
January 24, 2022
China lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an, tests 2M in Beijing
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities lifted a monthlong lockdown on the northern city of Xi’an and its 13 million residents…